Sporisorium reilianum (Kühn) Langdon & Fullerton, 1978
head smut
on Sorghum, Zea
Zea mays, Belgium, prov.Limbourg, Sint-Huibrechts-Hern, Teugelbeemd, 19.viii.2020 © Carina Van Steenwinkel: the red arrow indicates a dwarfed infected plant
infected plant
male inflorescence
detail
female inflorescence, after some bracts have removed
spores mixed with clumps sterile cells
the spores in loose clumps
spores (in the present material 10-13 x 10.5-14.5 µm).
gall
The female inflorescence remains largely enclosed in the leaf sheaths, and turns into a black mass. Spores 10-13 x 11-15 µm, densely verrucose. Infected plants are severely stunted.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Sorghum bicolor, halepense, saccharatum; Zea mays.
synonyms
Sphacelotheca reiliana (Kühn) Clinton, 1902; Sorosporium holci-sorghi (Rivolta) Moesz, 1950; Sporisorium holci-sorghi (Rivolta) Vánky, 1985.
references
Almaraz (1998a). Alvarez-Cervantes, Hernandez-Dominguez, Tellez-Tellez ao (2016a), Beenken & Senn-Irlet (2016a), Buhr (1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ivić, Sever, Scheuer & Lutz (2013a), Klenke & Scholler (2015a), Kruse, Thiel, Frauenberger ao (2019a), Mułenko, Piątek, Wołczańska ao (2010a), Negrean & Anastasiu (2006a), Spooner & Butterfill (1999a), Savchenko & Heluta (2012a), Tóth (1994a), Vánky (1994a, 2012a), Vánky & Abbasi (2013a).